CEN13WA511

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28R-201 · Sarnen, Switzerland · August 27, 2013

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
August 27, 2013, 11:19 local (11:19 UTC)
Place
Sarnen, Switzerland
Injuries
1 fatal, 2 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
HB-PDCPiper PA-28R-201
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Swiss Accident Investigation Board
Case key
87879

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
HB-PDC
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201
Category
Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen Kaegiswil
Registered owner
Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen Kaegiswil
Departed
LSPG · Kaegiswil
Destination
LEVC · Valencia
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
LSPG · Kaegiswil

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
30° at 5 knots
Lowest ceiling
3,500 ft broken
Temperature
54 °F, dew point 52 °F
Observed at
LSGC